Day 32 and 33 - Buenos Aires

Last night was a little hectic. It started off with Champagne and Red Bull and slowly decended from there until we left at about 6.30am. An entertaining night. Not really much to report because I can't really remember much about it. I did dance though, that's official.

Done absolutely nothing today and am very proud of that. I had about 3 hours sleep and then went to get some food. Walked around the hostel in a daze most of the day and will have a quiet one tonight.

Roll on Sao Paulo and Rio tomorrow.

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New book - Baggage - first 20,000 words

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Chapter 1
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